News from the Church in Malta
Pope meeting US Defence Secretary
The desire to see and know God is innate in everyone, even nonbelievers, Pope Benedict XVI said. But it’s especially important people don’t just seek God when they need him, but make room for him throughout their busy lives, he said during his weekly general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall Jan. 16.
At the end of the audience, the pope also greeted U.S… Read more »
On Wednesday 16th of November 2013, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met members of the Diakonia Commission, the Parish Pastoral Council and the Synod Implementation Commission, at the Parish Centre in Marsa as part of his Pastoral Visit in the Holy Trinity Parish, in Marsa.
Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be celebrating a Thanksgiving Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on Sunday 20th January 2013, at 5:30 p.m. Priests are invited to concelebrate and everyone is invited to attend.
On Friday 25th January, the Archbishop will be celebrating his 67th birthday. Mgr Cremona was born in 1946… Read more »
On Tuesday 15th January 2013, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the young boys who attend catechism at the Boys’ MUSEUM, in the Parish of The Holy Trinity in Marsa. He also met with the catechists who teach in this Parish.
CLICK HERE to view more photos of the Archbishop’s Pastral Visit in Marsa… Read more »
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., recently celebrated Mass in the Chapel of Mary Mother of the Family in the Governorate Palace of the Vatican to inaugurate the 84th judicial year of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State.
“We would like to invoke Divine Wisdom,” the cardinal said, “for the delicate and serious task of administrating justice.” He then greeted, among others, the President of the Tribunal, Giuseppe Dalla Torre, the judges, the promoter of justice, and the various workers in the administrative office, relaying to them “blessed greetings from the Holy Father who follows your appreciated labour with attentive interest.”
Commenting on the Gospel reading that focused on St… Read more »
In the last days, in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the Holy Father received in audience His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco along with his wife, Princess Charlene, and entourage. Following the audience with the Pope, the prince met with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., and Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.
During the course of cordial discussions several topics were covered including the meaningful contribution of the Catholic Church to the principality’s social life and international interests such as the integral development of peoples and the protection of natural resources and the environment… Read more »
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being celebrated from 18th to 25th January. The theme for this years’ service is: “What does the Lord require of you?” (Mic 6, 6-8)
A National Ecumenical Service is being held on Thursday 17th January, at 6.30 p.m., at St Patrick’s Church, Sliema (this church is reached from the main door to the Salesians College)… Read more »
Session 3 – The family as a community of hospitality
The Cana Movement is currently presenting a series of talks inspired by the Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio of Pope John Paul II, in which the Pope outlines four fundamental tasks which the Christian family is to undertake. The first task is for the family to form a community of persons, in mutual self-giving; secondly, the family is to serve life in its transmission, both physically, in bringing children into the world and spiritually, by handing on their values and traditions throughout its life cycle This month’s talk will focus upon the third task assigned to the family: to participate in the development of society by becoming a school of social life, a community of hospitality and becoming politically active… Read more »
On Sunday 13th January 2013, at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary, San Pawl Tat-Tarġa, Naxxar, the Spiritual Development Unit within the Secretariat for Education organized a Mass for Church school representatives, celebrating the Year of Faith. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, accompanied by school spiritual directors and animated by a choir formed by students from different Church schools. The theme of the Mass was ‘Church Schools – Beacon of Faith’. … Read more »
Pope in St Peter's Square
Appearing at his study window at midday Sunday, Pope Benedict greeted thousands of pilgrims gathered under drizzling rain in Saint Peter’s Square. In his remarks at the Angelus prayer, the Pope spoke of Sunday’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and invited Catholics to “contemplate our share in the divine life through the gift of the Holy Spirit in the waters of Baptism.”
The Holy Father was speaking to pilgrims after having celebrated the traditional feast day liturgy in the Sistine Chapel where he baptised twenty babies… Read more »
